Arizona in Bellum Edition

Hey there, folks. Been a while, but we're still here. However, we have made a few changes to AiB that we think you should be aware of. You see, over the past several months we have grown bored with the trite and cliched setting of Amare in Bellum. It's something that's been done a million times before, and will surely be done a million more times. So after much discussion, we have taken it upon ourselves to... Tweak AiB.

We here at EDT are proud to present the new AiB—Arizona in Bellum!




That's right! We've gone ahead and changed the entire landscape of AiB! No longer does it take place in a dusty old refugee town. Oh no, it now takes place in the good ol' Copper State during the times of the Wild West!

Of course, because the setting has changed, the characters have to change to. They're keeping their names and their designs, but their occupations will be different. Let's take a look at some of their changes, shall we?

Amelia - Having grown up somewhere in the desert of Arizona, Amelia left her tribe to go the frontier town of Marin. Since her arrival, she has become a well-loved Deputy and is known to catch every crime in action with her big and bulky camera.

Sybil (The Aloof Arsonist) - Wanted for multiple counts of arson, The Aloof Arsonist is shrouded in mystery. With reports of a mysterious standing around in the burnt areas moments before it was engulfed by flames, the fiend always leaves without a trace. Except for scattered cigarette butts that is.

Julia - Julia is the daughter of the town prospector. Looking down on all inhabitants of the frontier town, Julia gets everything her cold black heart desires because her "pappy" is the richest man in town.

Vyra - There are only three certainties in the town of Marin: The heat, death, and the local bartender's cleanliness. Always washing the dishes and cups at the saloon, the bartender, Vyra, hates anything dirty. Unfortunately for her, she lives in the desert and lives in a place where showers are considered a luxury. Because of this, she tries her best to keep everything clean and tidy.

Sasha - Having lived in Marin her entire life, Sasha runs the ranch on the outskirts of town with her mother and sister. Spending her days, herding cows and taming horses, Sasha is a cowgirl through and through.

Vincent - Vincent is the main character of our story. He traveled to the town of Marin to find fame and glory as a gunslinger. How will he do that? By getting the bounty on the Aloof Arsonist's head. Things won't be easy, though, as he now has to deal with a new environment and the quirky inhabitants of the town.


Well, that just about does her. We'll have more info on this soon, but for now just hang tight and wait for more updates

Love,
EDT

Halloween Edition

Hey folks, we just wanted to drop by and wish you all a happy Halloween. Stay safe and have fun, you crazy hooligans.

Sasha Edition

First and foremost I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Gargamel, and I'm the newest writer to Amare in Bellum. For the longest time I was merely a friend of a few of the developers, but certain circumstances allowed me to join the fold and become a member of their team, and I'm very fortunate to be a part of this project.

Now let's go ahead and talk about my girl, Sasha Beleren; a native of Marin. Left to her own devices with both parents absent, Sasha spends most of her days at the Marin coastline, living a calm life of relaxation with few passions or any reason to change the routine she's built for herself.

With a background in both sides of the war, Sasha tries to remain neutral in both matters related to the current events and, well, everything else she becomes involved in. However, there are times where this approach is everything but beneficial to our heroine.

Anyway, that's all from me for now. We're still ironing out some elements of our new girl, but at the very least you can expect fish. Lots and lots of fish. I look forward to letting you all get to know Sasha a bit more in the future.

Update Edition 3: Return of the Update

Evening readers,

I'll cut right to it. Work on our preview/demo "Meet the Girls" build is proceeding steadily, if slowly; our newest writer has pulled out all the stops and caught up with the rest of the writers in record time. Our resident artist Dubs Kiwi is also continuing to pump out concept art and sprites at an astonishing rate, but unfortunately for us there's only one of her, so please understand and bear with us as we try to create something that we can be proud of and which you'll hopefully enjoy reading.

As for the game itself, we're well into the pre-alpha stage, and things like side characters, locations, communal events, and story arcs are rapidly approaching a finalized state. With this framework in place we should be able to jump straight into the nitty-gritty of writing thousands of words of dialogue and monologue, once Meet the Girls is released to our satisfaction.

Finally, to prove that at least somebody around here does some work, here's some more concept art of Amelia. Enjoy.

-Ed

Do you hear that? That's the sound of a Sybil chilling Edition

We continue our progress on our first public build, basically, a demo for people to know what Amare in Bellum is about and what we to await from this project.

Today we received some new content from our musician and I would like to share it with you guys.
This specifically, will be Sybil's theme in-game. A chill, relaxed song, just like Sybil.

Hope you like it, keep an eye on the blog for more updates on AiB and thank you for your support!

Perfect Girl Edition

Name: Vyra Wells

Age: 18

Sex: F

Blood type: A

Nationality: Rhen-Palait

Vyra, originally known as Victim-tan, comes from Rhen-Palait. She arrives at Marin shortly before Vincent.

Vyra Wells is the epitome of a perfectionist. It takes Vyra three minutes to do what a normal person could do in one. Vyra handles even the simplest of tasks with extreme care, as though every task should be her highest priority. She goes to such lengths as to redo someone's work if it isn't up to par with her own standards. While not particularly critical of others, Vyra is simply concerned with how others would judge her.

Vyra gets along well with most refugees, however she opts to stay impersonal in most relationships.She and Amelia are often at ends, with their vastly different approaches on how to come to solutions. Where Amelia would prefer to rush through something and get it done, Vyra would be precise and analytical. Vyra gets along well with most people, despite her fussiness over minute details.

Besides working at her part-time job, Vyra's time is best spent inside the refuge of her tent. Inside, she has around three guns to keep her company. Rather than shooting at targets or practicing her aim, Vyra simply enjoys assembling guns and taking them apart once they're done. The precision that's needed is a welcome aspect of gun-building.

Thank you for reading! We'll be sure to update more soon.

-Kiwi

Waffle is back Edition

Waffle was absent for a while, she had some personal stuff to take care of, but she has now reported back for duty and delivered us this masterpiece. If you're under 18 please have your parents browse with you... Or not because this image is 2HOT4U, that'd be awkward anyways so just make sure to lock the door or put a shelf behind it I don't know.

DAMN!

Chuck and backgrounds Edition

We are still working hard on our VN "Amare in Bellum"

First off I've been spending uncountable hours in DeviantArt looking for a backgrounds artist. My quest finally brought results. We added ChuckSantos to our team!

Here's an example of his amazing work:

Chuck has already been added to our roster and we are working hard together to achieve this project!


We also have had several other Deviants lend us a hand like Borongannonoypi in the past.
Right now we received a backgrounds from our DeviantArt friend 3Deek. We asked if he could do a background on the café scenes. Here's his work so far.

We are loving the art so far, the artists are very talented and we are very glad to work with them. We hope we can bring you a more proper introduction of the project sometime soon.

This is it for now, thank you very much for your attention!

Update Edition

Hello! It has been a while since we posted something to this blog. We just want to let everyone know that we're still alive and working! Sorry if we haven't updated in a while. I have been programming the next build which will include the whole intro. I have added several Sound and Visual Effects as well as coded the whole script and lines. Just working on debugging and adding details here and there. We are looking for a Backgrounds artist so if you or anyone you know are/is a good background artist do not hesitate to contact us!

In the meanwhile our awesome artists Kiwi and WaffleBunny are working on temporal Backgrounds but we would really like someone that can take that position.

Jabs our awesome musician has improved the "Amare in Bellum: Title" song. It's embedded on the right panel of this webpage.

Our writers are already advancing into Act 1 and developing their corresponding girls attitude and personalities. We expect to introduce a new girl soon in this blog.

Kiwi has drawn some expressions for Amelia, she was presented in the previous blogpost:

We'll continue to work hard and report our progress.

Amelia Edition

Hey there, anyone, I'm the Outlander, one of the writers for Amare in Bellum. Originally, I just provided feedback on their forums as an outsider - hence the name Outlander - and soon found myself becoming a full member of the team. So which character did I hook up with? An adorable girl that goes by the name of Amelia Vahn.

Amelia was an old friend of Vincent's, but she moved away several years ago, fading out of Vincent's memory. She turns up in his life again at Marin, seeking refuge from the war, giving them the chance to rekindle their friendship. She's one of the happier residents of the town; always willing to lend a hand, or strike up a conversation, and never without her trusty camera ready to take a snapshot. Amelia chooses to ignore the war, disallowing it to be a part of her life. Her life is here, in the town, with the people.

I'm not big on cameras, but I think I got the best girl to write about; just looking at her artwork fills my head with ideas, it has gotten to a point where I spend more time writing for fun than I do playing video games. Very tragic, but I love it.

As for overall team progression: the writers are starting to create some scenarios for Act 1 and our code monkey, Fideon, is working on another build of the introduction with some assets to play around with. That's all for now, catch ya later.

 

Sybil Edition

Greetings and salutations, my curious friends. I am the fabled Syon. I'm one of the writers working on our project, Amare in Bellum. My job is to write a route for one of the girls. In fact, the reason I'm here is so I can introduce the girl whose route I'm writing. So it is my pleasure to introduce to you, the three people reading this blog, Sybil Dastun!

Sybil is a refugee from the country of Rhen-Palait. Her deadpan demeanour and blunt statements distinguish her from the crowd along with her ever-present bandages that cover her head and her nasty smoking habit. She has become infamous among the residents of Marin as a class A moocher; lingering around shops and bothering people for food, refusing to take up any kind of work.

As you can see, we have some concept art (and a comic made by our wonderful artist Kiwi) drawn by WaffleBunny and Kiwi. Enjoy.

This is all we can show you right now, but rest assured, there will be more to present in the future.

WaffleBunny Edition

Today, Edition Development Team would like to make an announcement.

We are really glad to inform about our new team member.

We welcome WaffleBunny to the team!

WaffleBunny accepted our request through DeviantArt. You can see her page here: http://xwafflebunny.deviantart.com/

As you can see she is a very talented artist and we are overjoyed to work with her. We will proceed to let her know about our plans for artwork and everything there is to know about Amare in Bellum.